Policy paper

Foot and mouth disease: Exercise Blackthorn evaluation 2018

Evaluation of Exercise Blackthorn, the UK鈥檚 national foot and mouth disease exercise.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published
28 November 2018
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

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An evaluation and lessons identified report from Exercise Blackthorn, the UK鈥檚 national foot and mouth disease (FMD) exercise.

The purpose of Exercise Blackthorn was to test the four UK governments鈥� contingency plans for a UK-wide, medium to large outbreak of FMD.

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Published 28 November 2018

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